Our September Program Night is Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7pm. THIS IS A LIVE EVENT at Valle Verde. CCCC member and professional photographer Ralph Clevenger will present: Title: The Great Bear Rainforest "Spending weeks on a converted tug boat I traveled the fjords of this wilderness along the coast of British Columbia photographing whales, eagles, […]
Description: Photo Printing Pros in Goleta is a premier print shop specializing in metal prints. Eric States, the owner and CEO, will host a special tour of his facility for […]
Description per David Auston: Some of the best displays of Fall colors in California and perhaps the entire nation are in Mono County at the northern end of Owens Valley […]
The Instagram app was launched on October 6, 2010, and racked up 25,000 users in one day.
Join us for our October 2025 Virtual Juried Exhibition via zoom.
October 24, 1946 – First photograph of Earth from space taken by a V-2 rocket launched by the U.S. from New Mexico.
Join us for our November 2025 Juried Exhibition via Zoom
Description: In a good year, as many as 20,000 monarch butterflies spend the winter here in the Butterfly Grove located in the Ellwood Mesa Preserve. In the morning, most of the monarch are sleeping, but as the air warms some will take to flight. Occasionally a large number will burst into flight. A medium telephoto […]
January 4, 1829: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre form a partnership to improve photographic processes, laying the groundwork for the daguerreotype.
You’re invited to our first digital exhibition of 2026—discover the images that inspire us.
Join fellow photographers and art lovers for our March 2026 digital exhibition! This month features an Expanded Nature category.
March 19, 1839: William Henry Fox Talbot presents his photogenic drawing process to the Royal Society in London, introducing the concept of paper-based negatives just weeks after Daguerre's announcement. Process: Talbot's initial "photogenic drawing" process involved placing objects like botanical specimens or lace directly on light-sensitive paper to create a cameraless image. The resulting image […]
Join us for our April 2026 Juried Exhibition. Tonight will have feature the Family Special Assignment in the Conceptual/Creative Editing category.